Jointed frame.



F. J. CLIFFORD.

JOINTED FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED IULY10,1914.

Patented June 20, 1916.

' 2 SHE ETSSHEET I.

F. .I. CLIFFORD.

.IOINTED FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1914.

Patented June 20, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- FRANK J. CLIFFORD, OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.

JOINTED FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 211 1916.

Application filed July 10, 1914. Serial No. 850,237.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. CLIFFORD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Evanston, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Jointed Frames, ofwhich the following is a specification.

When advertisements are printed upon sheets of flexible material,usuallypaper or board, and when ordinary sticky fly paper is to beplaced in position for use, it is desirable to provide a suitable framefor the protection of the paper, and to, at the same time, make theframe flexible so that the ad vertisement or fly paper can be displayedin other than the ordinarily perfectly flat'position. Such a frame isspecially desirable when the advertisement or fly paper is to be appliedin an exposed position, such as that which exists above a cash registeror money scale in a grocery or market.

The object of this invention is to provide such a. flexible frame Whichcan be easily and cheaply made, which operates satisfactorily and is notreadily liable to get out of order.

The invention consists in a device capable of carrying out the foregoingobjects, which can be so adjusted as to support the same in either acircular or a semi-circular position, and in other details ofconstruction which will be fully described in the specification.

Referring to the drawings, in which simiiar numerals indicate the sameparts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a side view of mechanismillustrating this in vention in its preferred form, the same showing allthe parts, including the fly paper in normal position ready for use.Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view on the line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 showsthe parts of Fig. 2, the band 12 being detached at its pivot end, this,however, not being the normal operation of the device. Fig. 4 is asectional detail. view on the line 14:, of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan viewpartially in section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is aperspective view showing 7 the entire device supporting the paper in asemi-circular position instead of the circular position of Figs. 1, 2and 3. Fig. 7 is a changed position view of the parts in Fig. 6, showingthe normal method of detaching the outer bands 12.

Broadly speaking, the frame of this in-- vention consists in twoparallel. members 10 identical in construction, adapted, normally,

to engage the longer sides of the paper, the same being connectedtogether at their opposite ends by flexible parallel bands 12 and l414tadapted to engage and frame the ordinarily shorter ends of the paper 16,the whole device being readily adjustable to either the position ofFigs. 1, 2 and 4: in which the paper 16 assumes a, cylindrical form orto that of Figs. 6 and 7 in which the paper assumes a semi-circularposition. I More in detail, the preferred form of construction includesthe two parallel members 10 and 11, preferably made, as shown, V shapedwith hollow beads 18, 20 and 22 located respectively at their bottomsand two upper edges. The space between the side wallsof the V membersreceive, hold andprotect the edges 24 of the paper 16'. As heretoforestated, the end members of the frame are made up of two parallelflexible bands 12 and 14. The outer band is pivoted on any suitablepivot 26 to one of the side members. In the particular case hereillustrated, the pivot 26 is one side of a U shaped coupler whoseopposite side is loosely inserted in bead 22 of member 10. The oppositeend of the band 12 is provided with a spring clip device 28 (seeparticularly Figs. 2 and 3) adapted, as shown, to snap over and engagethe bead 18 on the same member 10 to which the band 12 is pivoted. Thisband 12 also detachably engages and grips the opposite member 10 in thecurved snap device 80, clearly shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 6.

The result of the foregoing construction is that by detaching the snaphook 28 from the member 1.0 the band 12 may be moved from the positionshown in Figs. 1 and 2 to that of Figs. 6 and 7 and by then unsnappingthe snap device 30 from the member 11 the band 12 may be moved from thefull line position of Fig. 7 to the dotted line position of that figure,with the result that when both bands 12 are thus treated the paper 16may be removed from the device. Supplemental U shaped couplings 32 mayalso be inserted in the opposite ends of head 18 of members 10 and 11.

The inner band 14 is made in two parts, 14: and 14, each part having itsouter end attached to one of the side frames 10 or 11 and their innerends are pivotally connected together by any suitable form of pivot device which will permit of the band assuming the various positions shownin the drawings, the parallel link pivot 34: being only one of numerousconceivable devices which could be used in this way. In the particularcase here shown the outer ends of the half bands 14 and 14 are attachedto the side frames by being provided with end loops 33 slidable insidethe beads 18. This provides ready separability of the parts whendesired.

WV hen the parts are in the position of Figs. 6 and 7, the centralpivotal ends of the band portions 14 and 14 form each of them one leg ofthe support of the device.

WVhen the parts are in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4,independent supports or standards 36' may be provided. The partic 'ularform shown is provided with grippingjaws 38 pressable together by aslidable member so that they can be readily attached and detached.

In the normal operation of the device, assume the parts .are initia'llyin the position shown in Fig. 7. The paper 16 is inserted in positionand the parts are then adjusted in the position shownin'Fig. 6 in whichposition the devicemay be practically used. If, however, the operatordesires to have the paper in circular form, he, by proper and obviousmanipulation, moves the parts from the position of Fig. 6 to that ofFigs.

' 2and 8, inserting finally the U shaped members 32 and attaching, ifdesired, the supporting standards 36, the U shaped members 32 being onlyone'of numerous conceivable,

' devices that may be used tosecure-the frame 7 operations justdescribed, and new paper A releasing the outer band in a circular form.When the paper 16, pre-' viously inserted, has reached its limit 'ofusefulness, it is removed by reversing the is inserted. v s

Fig. 3 shows how the paper may be re moved when .the parts are intheposit ion of.

Fig. 1 by removing fromfthe opposite ends of the device the U shapedpins 26 and thus 12 without disturbing theother parts.

For convenience of description, the mem-- bers 10 and ll'are referredtom the specification and claims as new members, and the bands 12 and 141l are referred to as end members, but, obviously, 'these terms as wellas'therelative lengths of these re: spective parts may be reversedwithout de- 1 parting. from the invention. V e

that I 'cla imiisz V 1. In the art described,-a frame inclosing an" opencentralf portion having side members-and end'members' adapted to receiveand protect theedges of'a sheet of material jframed therein extendingover said open central portion, one of said sets of members beingflexible, forthe purposes set forth.-

2; In the art described, the combination of 'aframe inclosing an opencentral portion composed of rigid's de members and flexible tion withmeans for securing the two side members in proximity to each other whenthe end members have been suitably bent.

3. In the art described, a pair of rigid ,side members recessed toreceive the edges of a sheet of material to be held, means fordetachably securing said side members in proximity to each other,flexible end members connecting adjacent opposite ends of the sidemembers, said end members being composed of two parallel flexible bands,each having its outer end connected to one of the side members in suchmanner that the ends of the sheet of material may be inserted betweeneach pair of flexible bands, for the purposes set forth.

4. In the art described, a pair of side members, a pair of parallelflexible bands connected at their opposite ends to adjacent ends of theside members, and a hinge device intermediate of the ends of one of saidflexible bands so arranged that said last mentioned flexible band may beremoved to a position in which said hinge device lies in a plane throughthe side members thereby forming a threepoint support for that enddetachably connecting the opposite end of said band to' its adjacent endof the side member, for the purposes set forth.

7 6. In the art described, the combination of two parallel side members,a flexible end member connecting the adjacent ends of said side members,saic end member comprising two parallel flexible bands, one of thembeing made in two parts hinged together at their inner or. central endsand connected at their outer ends to the side members, the other bandbeing pivoted at one end to one of the side members and detachably con--nectible at'its opposite end to the opposite adjacent side member, forthe purposes set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presenceof two witnesses. FRANK J. CLIFFORD.

' Witnesses DWIGHT B. CHEEVER, KATHRYNS. READY.

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